Tennis Prediction Gaël Monfils vs Kamil Majchrzak: Montreal

🇨🇦 Montreal

• Gaël Monfils has something to play for tonight, and it's not the match. The federation has still not decided on his wild card for the US Open, Ivan Ljubicic asked him to apply for it himself, and he specified that an invitation had to be earned on the court. The message is clear.

• The location is fitting. The Canadian tournament is the Masters 1000 where he has been most successful in his entire career, with 5 quarter-finals and 2 semi-finals. He's never done that anywhere else at this level.

• Now, the reality in front of us: he's 39 years old, he's ranked 326th in the world, he has 3 wins and 7 losses this season and he hasn't played since the end of May at Roland-Garros. I'm absolutely not selling a victory here.

• That's why I'm taking the set and not the match. He needs a good hour of tennis, not three. And a good hour of Monfils in front of a French-speaking audience that will carry him, that still exists.

• On the other side, Kamil Majchrzak deserves the respect he's due. He beat Daniil Medvedev, Alex De Minaur and Felix Auger-Aliassime in one week on grass in June, then Tommy Paul in Washington a few days ago. He's a rising player.

• So I see him winning this match, probably quite comfortably. But I also see the Frenchman grabbing a set in the process, and that's all this ticket requires.

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